The Internet destroyed most of the barriers to publication. The cost of being a publisher dropped to almost zero with two interesting immediate results: anybody can publish, and more importantly, you can publish whatever you want.

When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do whats expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.

When you are doing what you love to do, you become resilient.

The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike… is to stop thinking about ‘there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off’ and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way.

If there's ever an example of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love, it's Twitter.

Believe that if you make courageous choices, and bet on yourself, then you will have an impact.

Not only can you not plan the impact you're going to have, you often won't recognize it when you're having it.